About

Simon Scarr is Deputy Head of Graphics for ThomsonReuters, the world’s largest international multimedia news provider. Simon is responsible for directing information graphic products, managing the team in Singapore and working closely with graphics desks in London and New York on a range of graphics including breaking news, financial data and sports.

He has held previous roles with Reuters as well as Newspapers in the UK, and more recently, Hong Kong as Graphics Director of the South China Morning Post, where he played a key role in transforming the use and quality of graphics in the paper, successfully guiding the team to a number of awards. In addition to team recognition, Simon was awarded numerous awards for his own infographic and data visualisation work.